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Special Thanks
The opportunity to co-develop this tool with Karen Schoeneman of CMS has been exciting In the course of the project, Karen and I became partners truly developing the Artifacts of Culture Change tool and authoring this report in tandem. This work fills a gap in data collection within the culture change movement thus far. It offers a means for innovative providers to capture the real changes they have made after making a conscious commitment to resident-directed care. To date, what has been collected has largely consisted of clinical data, satisfaction measures and assessment of organizational stages.I would like to thank Karen Schoeneman for her partnership, insight and wise counsel in the writing of this report.
Carmen S. Bowman Edu-Catering, LLP
Bowman and Schoeneman would like extend special thanks to the members of our provider focus group: Garth Brokaw, Sister Pauline Brecanier, Ken Arneson and Donna Zunker, We would also like to thank our research consultants: Les Grant, Maggie Calkins, Vivian Tellis-Nayak, Joe Angelelli and Yael Harris. We extend special thanks to others who provided timely advice on content and structure of the tool as well as encouragement about its value to the culture change community: LaVrene Norton, Lois J. Cutler, David Farrell, Anna Ortigara, Sue Misiorski, Elizabeth Brawley, David Greene, Barry Barkan, Margie McLaughlin, Laura Palmer, Miguette Kaup and Charlene Boyd.
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